Cat Harvey: Let's call a truce in war against men - once they admit they are wrong

WE should look back and laugh at our daft domestic tiffs says CAT HARVEY.

WE all know that men are from Mars and women are from Venus but I’d go as far as to say sometimes we’re not even from the same solar system.

There are certain facts of life neither gender will ever fully understand. For men, how dirty dishes get into the sink or dishwasher and for women just how it is physically possible to watch six consecutive hours of Bear Grylls pretending to be stuck in the wilderness with only a sharp-edged stone, a conveniently placed tree and some twigs to turn into a waterproof abode.

Men tend to believe they are hard done by when it comes to nagging and a recent survey suggests they may, unfortunately, be on to something.

For research says we wummin nag our men for a full week a year – that’s more than three hours every week.

Not helping out enough to tidy the house emerged as the most common bugbear for a woman to gripe about, followed by not doing the dishes and cutting back on booze.

However, often it is the silliest things that cause the grief and this is down to the fact neither sex believes they are ever wrong.

In my flat the biggest issue of contention remains the way the new look plastic squeezy salad cream or tomato sauce bottles are stored. With big fat round lids he says they should be balanced on them ready to pour. I’m a traditionalist and continue to place them on their larger bottoms, even though the writing on the label suggests he’s right.

Again, he wants them in the cupboard, I say fridge – thankfully the printed instructions say I’ve the upper hand on this one. 1-1.

Once again my breakfast show regulars surpassed my tales of woe with hilarious examples of domestic disharmony.

Jo-Ann McCulloch argues with her man for not unrolling his socks for washing. Kirsty Lumosi and her partner can’t agree on polish-then-Hoover or Hoover-then-polish (what is the answer?).

Natalie Dalziel nags at her man for breathing in her direction when he’s sleeping. Kellie Brady and her other half fell out about who had the most carrots in their mince and tatties.

Pauline MacRae reluctantly admits she properly argued with her other half because he said he would buy Partick Thistle if he won the Euromillions and she was against the idea (I’m afraid I’m siding with her man on this one!).

Rachana Kainith revealed she and her man argued about the reason they started arguing in the first place. While Diane Reilly and her fella fell out over whether it was a leg or finger of a Kit Kat. They clearly need to “take a break”.

Hopefully in all of these examples the couples eventually looked back and laughed at the absurdity of it all.

Personally, I’m going to try to cut down my nip, nip, nipping. I’ll do this just as soon as he puts the sauce in the fridge the right way up...